Flow-inflating bags (will) (will not) work without a compressed source.

A baby is born apneic and cyanotic. You clear his airway and stimulate him. Thirty seconds after birth, he has to improved. The next step is to (stimulate him more) (begin positive-pressure ventilation).

When ventilating a baby, you should provide positive-pressure ventilation at a rate of _____ to _____ breaths per minute

Before stopping assisted ventilation, you should note improvement in what 4 physical signs?

You are using a self-inflating bag to ventilate a baby. The bag fills after every squeeze. The baby's heart rate, color, and muscle tone are not improving and there is no perceptible chest movement with each breath. List 3 possibilities of what may be wrong.

If, after making appropriate adjustments, you are unable to obtain physiologic improvement and chest expansion with positive-pressure ventilation, you usually will have to insert a(n) _____.

You notice that a baby's heart rate, color, and muscle tone are improving and the baby's chest is moving as you provide positive-pressures ventilation. Another way to check for good aeration is to use a _____ to listen for _____ sounds in both lungs.

If you must continue positive-pressure ventilation with a mask for more than several minutes, a(n) _____ should be inserted to act as a vent for the gas in the stomach during the remainder of the resuscitation.